Thursday 29/03/07

Quantifying chaos - 1
Lyapunov exponents
Dissipative systems and relative rate of change of volume in an n-dimensional flow
Synchronization in chaotic systems

References for this class

[1] K. T. Alligood, T. D. Sauer, and J. A. Yorke. Chaos. Springer, 1996.
[2] K. M. Cuomo and A. V. Oppenheim. Circuit implementation of synchronized chaos with applications
to communications. Physical review letters, 71(1):6568, 1993.
[3] H. Kantz and T. Schreiber. Nonlinear time series analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
[4] A. J. Lichtenberg and M. A. Lieberman. Regular and Chaotic Dynamics. Springer-Verlag, 1992.
[5] L. M. Pecora and T. L. Carroll. Synchronization in chaotic systems. Physical review letters, 64(8):821
824, 1990.
[6] S. H. Strogatz. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Westview Press, 1994.
[7] S. Wiggins. Chaotic Transport in Dynamical Systems. Springer-Verlag, 1992.

March 2007,
Maria Zakynthinaki

Tuesday 10/04/07
Quantifying chaos - 2
Box-counting dimension - Strange attractors
Lyapunov dimension and the Kaplan-Yorke conjecture
Melnikovs method: bubble dynamics under the influence of time-dependent straining, pressure and
electromagnetic fields

References for this class

[1] K. T. Alligood, T. D. Sauer, and J. A. Yorke. Chaos. Springer, 1996, [pages 172-175].
[2] G. L. Baker and J. P. Gollub. Chaotic Dynamics: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press,
1996, [pages 110-112, 123-125].
[3] H. Kantz and T. Schreiber. Nonlinear time series analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2000, [pages
213-214, 231-232].
[4] E. Ott, T. D. Sauer, and J. A. Yorke (Editors). Coping with Chaos: Analysis of Chaotic Data and
The Exploitation of Chaotic Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 1994, [pages 18, 36-37].
[5] S. H. Strogatz. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Westview Press, 1994, [pages 437-441].
[6] S. Wiggins. Chaotic Transport in Dynamical Systems. Springer-Verlag, 1992, [pages 10-13].

April 2007,
Maria Zakynthinaki